Only a few days into the New Year and 2008 is fading quickly into the background. Here's a quick look in the rear view mirror at some of last year’s highlights; projects, travels and work in the studio.
January:
Jane Hammond "Spells and Incantations" printing and gold leafing completed.
Headed to
February:
-Saw the beautiful new De Young Museum and the HC Westermann exhibition at Stanford.
-To the opening of the "Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia" survey exhibition at the
-Renee Bott of Paulson Press had a wonderful dinner for us at her home in
Returned to the studio to work with my assistant Roseanne to refine the cutting and assembly of the
Tom Burckhardt arrives to begin work on a group of new prints. Photo of him working outside in the snow, drawing blank canvases borrowed from Barbara's studio.
Begin Burckhardt editions.
Assembly of
April:
Betty Woodman arrives.
Cut blocks and proof woodblock “Picking Plum Blossoms", her first print to incorporate figurative images.
Participated in Art Chicago, our 22nd year of doing an art fair in
May:
Print Woodman edition.
To
Roberto Juarez arrives to begin our first project together.
Assembly of
June:
Proof and print
Assembly of
Complete
Print portion of John Buck “The Night Prism” edition.
Bernard Cohen arrives to begin 10 lithographs for Flowers Editions London.
August:
Proof Cohen lithographs.
Enrique Chagoya arrives, proof new lithograph "La Portentosa Vida de la Muerte II" and new codex “Histoire Naturelle des Espécies…”
September:
Begin editioning of Cohen lithographs.
October:
Continue Cohen edition printing.
To
November:
IFPDA Print Fair
Election
Present talk with Enrique Chagoya at Palm Springs Museum of Art.
December:
2009:
After a holiday break we started the New Year:
Proofed new John Buck woodcut.
Printed Susanne Kühn lithograph for the MCA Denver.
Preparing work for our exhibition "The Legend of Bud Shark and his Indelible Ink" at the MCA Denver which opens Feb 3rd.